New Software Framework Helps Developers Empower People to Take a More
Active Role in their Health

CUPERTINO, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 21, 2016 —
AppleÂ® today announced CareKitâ„˘, a new software framework designed to
help developers enable people to actively manage their own medical
conditions. iPhoneÂ® apps using CareKit make it easier for individuals to
keep track of care plans and monitor symptoms and medication; providing
insights that help people better understand their own health. With the
ability to share information with doctors, nurses or family members,
CareKit apps help people take a more active role in their health.

â€śWeâ€™re thrilled with the profound impact ResearchKit has already had on
the pace and scale of conducting medical research, and have realized
that many of the same principles could help with individual care,â€ť said
Jeff Williams, Appleâ€™s chief operating officer. â€śWe believe that giving
individuals the tools to understand what is happening with their health
is incredibly powerful, and apps designed using CareKit make this a
reality by empowering people to take a more active role in their care.â€ť

CareKit will be released as an open source framework next month allowing
the developer community to continue building on the first four modules
designed by Apple, that include:

â€˘ Care Card helps people track their individual care plans and action
items, such as taking medication or completing physical therapy
exercises. Activities can automatically be tracked and entered using
sensors in Apple WatchÂ® or iPhone;

â€˘ Symptom and Measurement Tracker lets users easily record their
symptoms and how theyâ€™re feeling, like monitoring temperature for
possible infections or measuring pain or fatigue. Progress updates could
include simple surveys, photos that capture the progression of a wound
or activities calculated by using the iPhoneâ€™s accelerometer and
gyroscope, like quantifying range of motion;

â€˘ Insight Dashboard maps symptoms against the action items in the Care
Card to easily show how treatments are working; and

â€˘ Connect makes it easy for people to share information and communicate
with doctors, care teams or family members about their health and any
change in condition.

â€śWith ResearchKit, we quickly realized the power of mobile apps for
running inexpensive, high-quality clinical studies with unprecedented
reach,â€ť said Ray Dorsey, MD, David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the
University of Rochester Medical Center. â€śWe hope that CareKit will help
us close the gap between our research findings and how we care for our
Parkinsonâ€™s patients day-to-day. Itâ€™s opening up a whole new opportunity
for the democratization of research and medicine.â€ť

Developers of health and wellness apps are excited to build these
CareKit modules into apps for Parkinsonâ€™s patients, post-surgery
progress, home health monitoring, diabetes management, mental health and
maternal health.

â€˘ Sage Bionetworks and the University of Rochester are using CareKit to
turn the mPower ResearchKitâ„˘ study into a valuable tool to help better
inform patients about their condition and care providers about treatment.

â€˘ The Texas Medical Center is designing apps to guide and support care
pathways for its 8 million patients to improve their health through
enhanced connectivity with their care teams.

â€˘ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will provide patients with more
insight into their own chronic care management through home health
monitoring devices that securely store data in HealthKitâ„˘.

â€˘ One Drop is empowering people with a better approach to managing their
diabetes.

â€˘ Start, by Iodine, helps people on antidepressants understand if their
medication is working for them or not, and helps their doctors deliver
more informed care.

â€˘ Glow, Inc. will incorporate CareKit modules into its pregnancy app,
Glow Nurture, to guide women through a healthier pregnancy.

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Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with
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